Tabletop games designed to promote computational thinking

A Study on the Influence of Recreational Activities Intervening in Natural Science Courses on Learning Motivation and Learning Outcomes—The Case of Tabletop Games

“…In summary, the above qualitative analysis corresponded to the statistical analysis of the study results. The result are also is line with prior research that regards educational tabletop games as a motivating force [3,25,31]. Tabletop games have played an important role in attracting learning attention, but they did not significantly affected students' learning outcomes.…”

“…Given such rapid changes in technology, ideas, and concepts, we should aim to attract children's minds by designing curriculum and content that maintains their attention. Teachers must apply flexible and systematic thinking in line with the current situation and take students as a center that needs to be motivated to promote their long-term memory and computational thinking [2,3]. However, teachers are required to prepare for lessons beforehand, and, therefore, use their wisdom to flexibly grasp of students' attention and integrate suitable tabletop games into the curriculum before teaching to enhance students' learning motivations and effectiveness.…”

Getting to the Next Stop: Teaching Transportation Engineering through a Multilingual Board Game

“…Serious games are a category of games that are often used in education to provide access to complex systems. In past research and curriculum development, engineering teachers have implemented curriculum around STEM-focused games [1], such as for urban planning [2], transportation engineering [1], chemistry education [3] and computational thinking [4]. Due to the increased interactive engagement of games compared to lecture [5], [6], [7], engineering educators have utilized games to positively impact students' learning.…”